Girija Prasad Koirala 1925 to 2010

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Born in Biratnagar in 1925
1948: Koirala founds the Nepal Mazdoor Congress, which later became the Nepal Trade Union Congress
1952: Koirala becomes the President of the Morang district Nepali Congress
1960: Imprisoned by King Mahendra following the 1960 royal coup
1967: Released from jail, is exiled to India along with other leaders and workers of the party
1979: Returns to Nepal
1975-1991: General Secretary of the Nepali Congress Party
1990: Actively takes part in the Jana Andolan which results in establishment of multi-party democracy
1991: NC wins 112 of the 205 seats in multi-party elections. GPK becomes the leader of the NC parliamentary party and is sworn in as Prime Minister
1994: With divisions in the party and defection of 36 members sympathetic to K P Bhattarai, Koirala loses vote. Koirala resigns. King Birendra dissolves parliament
November 15, 1994: CPN-UML wins most seats in the House of Representatives and Man Mohan Adhikari becomes the prime minister of a minority government
Koirala engineers the fall of Surya Bahadur Thapa. Heads NC minority government
December 25, 1998: Koirala heads a three-party coalition government with the CPN-UML and NSP
May 3 and May 17, 1999: General Elections held. NC wins again after deep divisions within UML. Heavy defeat of leftist parties
2000: Koirala becomes Prime Minister for the third time after forcing KP Bhattarai to resign. It is the ninth government in 10 years
June 1, 2001: King Birendra and other royal family members massacred
June 4, 2001: Prince Gyanendra becomes King
July 2001: Maoists step up war. Koirala quits after being unable to mobilize the army. Deuba succeeds
2001 November: Maoists end four-month old truce with government, declare peace talks with government failed. Launch coordinated attacks on army and police posts
Novermber 22, 2005: 12-point agreement signed in New Delhi
2006 April 24: King Gyanendra agrees to reinstate parliament following weeks of violent strikes and protests against direct royal rule. GP Koirala is appointed prime minister. Maoists call a three-month ceasefire
2006 May: Parliament votes unanimously to curtail the king’s political powers. The government and Maoist rebels begin peace talks
2006 May 2: Koirala announces new cabinet including himself and three other ministers from the Nepali Congress
2006, June 16: Rebel leader Prachanda and PM Koirala hold talks - the first such meeting between the two sides - and agree that the Maoists should be brought into an interim government
2006 November: The government and Maoists sign a peace accord, declaring a formal end to a 10-year insurgency. The rebels are to join a transitional government and their weapons placed under UN supervision
2007 January: Maoist leaders enter parliament under the terms of a temporary constitution. Violent ethnic protests erupt in the south-east; demonstrators demand autonomy for the region
2007 April 1: Koirala re-elected as Prime Minister to head a new government composed of the SPA and the CPN (Maoist)
2007 December: Parliament approves abolition of monarchy as part of peace deal with Maoists, who agree to re-join government
2008, May 28: Nepal becomes a republic
2008, July 21: Two months after the departure of King Gyanendra, Ram Baran Yadav becomes Nepal’s first president
2009, May 4: Caught in row over dismissal of Nepal’s army chief, country’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, resigns Terms as Prime Minister
25 April 2006 - 18 August 2008
22 March 2000 - 26 July 2001
15 April 1998 - 31 May 1999
26 May 1991 - 30 November 1994

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